Ironing-board.



F. M. HOLMES & T. I; SWAGERTY.

IBONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED 001217, 1907.

927,408. Patented Ju1 y6,1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. HOLMES AND THOMAS I. SWAGERTY, OF FONTANA, KANSAS.

IRONING-B CARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS M. HoLMns and THoMAs I. SWAG-ERTY, citizens of the United States, residing at Fontana, in the county of Miami and. State of Kansas, have invented. a new and useful Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

.ihis invention relates to ironing boards, the object of which is to provide a clamp for one end. of an ironing board. by means of i the parts.

which the ironing board is securely attached to a support with such firmness that it can not be separated therefrom, or turned thereon without great violence and damage to The ironing board operates in connection with the clamp for fastening the board to a support, the construction being of such nature that swinging the board from a vertical to a horizontal position will lock the clamp and board. to the support while a re verse movement will free them so that the ironing board can be removed.

Another object of the invention relates to the means for supporting the outer end of an ironing board by a swinging leg capable of '1 position for use.

being quickly shifted from a position near the end of the board. to one near the center.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 is a perspective View of the ironing board in Fig. 2 is a similar view of the under side of the outer end of the ironing board showing its shiftable support. Fig. 3 is a side view of a portion of the ironing board illustrating the manner of fastening it to a table or'other support. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fixed end of an ironing board and the fastening device thereon.

Similar reference numerals designate like parts on all figures.

.lhroughout this specification the two ends of the ironing board 1 will be called respectively the outer end and the inner end, the latter end is the fixed one and when in use it will rest on a table, shelf or other fixed support 2 and be afiiXed thereto by a clamp 3 of novel construction. which will prevent the inner end of the ironing board from being lifted, pulled out from its support or moved laterally.

The ironing board 1 is of the usual construction as to outline except at the inner end where its width is slightly reduced by cutting a recess 41 on each side of the board. The end of the reduced portion 5, which is the inner en d of the ironing board, is straight transversely but has its lower corner con- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 17, 1907.

Patented July 6, 1909'.

Serial No. 397,878.

vexly curved to form a cam 6 for fastening wardly and then inwardly to form two open loops between the underslde of the inn'erend of the ironing board and tlie'straight end portions 11 of the arms. An upwardly projecting point 12 is formed on the end of each straight portion 11 to penetrate the under side of the support and hold the clamp 3 in place.

To attach the ironing board to a table or other support, the board is held in vertical position above the table and the straight portions 11 of the clamp arms 8 slipped beneath. it until the arms are in contact with its edge. Now, as the-distance from the axis of the hinge bar 9 to the inner end of the board is less than that from said axis to the under side of the board, it follows that when the clamp and board are in the dotted position represented in Fig. 3, with the portions 11 and the points 12 below the under surface of the table, if the board be swung to approximately horizontal nosition the cam 6, rolling on the table, wil raise the arms and bring the portions 11 into contact with the table and cause the points 12 to enter it. When the board has reached its operative position the bent arms 8 will have been placed under tension by the cam 6 so that a firm, strong and rigid connection has been made between the ironing board and the table. The points 12 prevent the board from being withdrawn endwise from the table or swung laterally thereon.

The outer end of the ironing board 1 is upheld by a leg 13 pivoted some distance below its upper end to eyes formed in the ends of arms 14 of a loop 15 hinged to the under side of the board. The upper end of the leg is rounded to enter sockets 16 and 17 in the under side of the ironing board equally distant from the cross bar of the loop 15. One of the sockets 16 is near the outer end of theboard and, the other socket 17 near the center thereof. The leg 13 may be changed from one socket to the other by lifting the outer end of the board and, withdrawing the leg from one socket, swinging it with the loop to the other. The sleeve board 18 is pivoted to the inner end of the board. on the vertical bolt 18 so that it can be rotated on the bolt into operative or inoperative position.

I claim 1. An ironing board having one end convexly curved from above downwardly, and a clamp pivoted to the upper side 01'' the board at said end provided with a U shaped arm at each side extending downwardly below said. board and adapted to pass under a support and fasten the board thereto.

2. An ironing board having a cam 011 its inner end combined with a clamp having a pair of parallel crooked arms joined by a connecting bar hinged to the board above .the cam, the ends of said arms extending below the board and terminating in points.

3. An ironing board having one end curved to form a cam, and a clamp consisting of a pair of parallel arms joined by a connecting a1 and hinged to the upper side of said eemos board, each of said arms formed into a loop opening toward the cam and having its lower end straight and furnished with an upstanding point.

4. An ironing board provided with a cam end, and clamping arms pivoted to the board, and having a bend adapted to receive the edge of a support, said cam end of the board cooperating with the clamping arms to fasten the board to the support.

5. An ironing board provided with a cam end, clamping arms pivoted to the board, and having a bend adapted to extend over the edge of a support, and beneath the same, and spurs on-that portion of the arms lying beneath the support, said cam end of the board cooperating with the clamping arms to fasten the board to the support.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we havehereto allixed oursignatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. HOLMES. THOMAS I. SW'AGERTY. Witnesses:

W. H. UNDERHILL, W. H. LEWIs. 

